An 18-year-old woman has died in a car crash in Illinois, less than 24 hours after getting married.

Machaela ‘Katie’ Sherrod of Harrisburg died last Sunday afternoon after the Ford F150 pickup truck she was driving left the road near Carrier Mills at about 12:10 p.m. and overturned in a ditch.

Sherrod was not wearing a seat belt and became trapped in
the car. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Machaela 'Katie' Sherrod, 18, of Harrisburg, Illinois, died last Sunday afternoon after the pickup truck she was driving left the road and overturned. She had married 22-year-old John Gould, right, just 24 hours earlier

Her new husband, 22-year-old John Gould, was wear a seat belt and was flown to an Indiana hospital for treatment. He is expected to recover from his injuries.

A friend of Sherrod's, Breonna Irvin, told WSIL that Gould tried to save his wife, and that the widower is struggling emotionally to come to terms with what happened.